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Okuhara will take over tuning duties on Pritchett dragster

02 Aug 2016
NHRA.com Staff
News
Todd Okuhara, Don Schumacher Racing’s director of racing, will take over as crew chief on the team’s Leah Pritchett-driven Top Fueler beginning this weekend at the Protect the Harvest NHRA…
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Heard it through the grapevine

02 Aug 2016
Brad Littlefield, National Dragster Associate Editor
Tuesday Morning Crew Chief
The 2016 Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals was a spectacular event worthy of the elevated platform it was extended by the sellout race-day crowd and live television coverage on the FOX national network. The second leg of the annual three-event Western…
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Young leukemia patient's dream to be a race car driver fulfilled in Sonoma

01 Aug 2016
News
Thanks to the generosity of several members of the NHRA racing community, 7-year-old leukemia patient Guy Brizzee was able to live out his dream of becoming a race car driver at the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals.   Terry Chandler, who supports…
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NHRA heads to the Northwest for Western Swing finale on national FOX television broadcast

01 Aug 2016
News
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing heads back to Pacific Raceways for the 29th annual Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil, the final leg of the three-race NHRA Western Swing, Aug. 5-7. The event is the only major American…
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DeJoria suffers fractured pelvis in accident at Sonoma Raceway

31 Jul 2016
News
  During the first round of eliminations at the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals, Kalitta Motorsports Funny Car pilot Alexis DeJoria experienced an accident that required a trip to the trauma center.…
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Force keeps Western Swing sweep hopes alive at highlight-filled Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals

31 Jul 2016
News
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Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals features sellout crowd on Sunday

31 Jul 2016
News
NHRA and Sonoma Raceway officials announced a sellout for Sunday’s racing at the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals. Fans from all over the Bay Area and Northern California have filled the grandstands and pit areas under perfect weather conditions…
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Torrence, B. Force, Capps, C. Force, Butner, Sampey clinch Countdown berths

31 Jul 2016
News
Funny Car racers Ron Capps and Courtney Force, Pro Stock pilot Bo Butner, and Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Angelle Sampey are the latest drivers to clinch their berths in NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship playoffs that start in mid-…
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Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 10

31 Jul 2016
News
As part of NHRA’s 50 years of Funny Car celebration, fans voted on a Top 20 list developed by respected drag racing historians and Funny Car experts.   The results are being revealed in reverse order at NHRA national events this season…
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Best of Sonoma

31 Jul 2016
National Dragster staff
Poll Position
Racers and fans who came to Wine Country for the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals knew that last weekend’s Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals was going to be a tough act to follow, but the second leg of the Western Swing was up to the challenge…
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Torrence, Worsham, Butner, Krawiec top qualifying in Sonoma

30 Jul 2016
News
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Hines grabs sixth Pro Bike Battle title

30 Jul 2016
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Hines win
Andrew Hines, near lane, ran 6.77 in the final round to defeat 2015 winner Eddie Krawiec's holeshot-aided 6.81. For the sixth time in his career, Andrew Hines emerged as the winner of the NHRA Pro Bike Battle specialty race following a…
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Torrence, Worsham, Butner, Savoie lead record-setting Friday in Sonoma

29 Jul 2016
News
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NHRA Pro Bike Battle at Sonoma Raceway to continue in 2017

29 Jul 2016
News
Battle
NHRA and Sonoma Raceway officials have announced that the NHRA Pro Bike Battle at Sonoma Raceway, an all-star bonus event for the eight quickest Pro Stock Motorcycle riders in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, will continue in 2017.…
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Team Kalitta announces expansion with Lee, McLeod

29 Jul 2016
News
Team Kalitta has announced the addition of a third Funny Car with driver Paul Lee beginning at the NHRA Keystone Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway later this fall. Lee will campaign the McLeod Clutches…
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Krawiec loves Sonoma bike fans’ support

29 Jul 2016
News
In what has already been a banner season for Pro Stock Motorcycle points leader Eddie Krawiec, the three-time world champion simply hopes to maintain the status quo for the next nine races.   He…
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More Setzer, plus a Top 20 Funny Cars recap

29 Jul 2016
Phil Burgess, National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
“Finally, a full load of the Setzer/Foster/Buttera/Pink Vega straight into my veins!” enthused Insider reader Paul Nadeau after last week’s column in which we, the drag racing fandom, finally heard Barry Setzer share his memories of his two…
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Tricky Tipster's Sonoma picks

28 Jul 2016
News
For more than five decades, NHRA National Dragster's famed Tricky Tipster has tested his prognosticating skills prior to each national event, putting odds on the top eight racers he thinks have the best shot at victory in Tricky Tipster.…
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Enders hopes to turn the corner in Sonoma

28 Jul 2016
News
Erica Enders saw the makings of a turnaround to her 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season begin to unfold last weekend in Denver. The two-time defending Pro Stock world champion knows that not building off that momentum surge would not…
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Pedregon not backing down approaching Sonoma

28 Jul 2016
News
Cruz Pedregon is an avid boxing fan and the two-time Funny Car world champion feels like he’s been knocked down on more than one occasion during what has been a frustrating 2016 NHRA Mello Yello…
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Event preview: Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals

28 Jul 2016
News
After an incredible weekend in Denver that will long be remembered as one of the best events of the 2016 season, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads to California for the annual Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals. The event is stop No. 2 on the…
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2015 NHRA Sonoma Nationals flashback

28 Jul 2016
News
Jack Beckman finished off a dominating weekend at the 2015 NHRA Sonoma Nationals by racing to the Funny Car victory. Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Chris McGaha (Pro Stock), and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were winners of the NHRA Mello…
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1991 Sonoma Nationals

28 Jul 2016
Alex Waldron, National Dragster Associate Editor
Throwback Thursday
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series makes its second stop on NHRA’s Western Swing in California Wine Country for the 29th annual Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals. In this week’s journey into the NHRA National Dragster photo…
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NHRA Pro Bike Battle gives Pro Stock Motorcycle competitors added incentive

27 Jul 2016
News
Pro Bike Battle
The competitors in Pro Stock Motorcycle only race the first two events during the famed Western Swing that stretches over three straight weekends. But an extra busy weekend at the 29th annual Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway makes…
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Gibbons will make 2016 Funny Car debut in Sonoma

27 Jul 2016
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
News
Funny Car rookie Tim Gibbons will make his 2016 debut at the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals, the first of five races in which the Anderson, Calif.-based driver will compete this season.   Gibbons will…
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DSR seeks sponsors, donations for charity events

27 Jul 2016
News
Don Schumacher Racing is preparing for its two annual major fund-raising events, the DSR Open House and Bowling for Riley charity bowling night, both of which benefit the Riley Children’s Foundation and Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana…
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Crew Chief Confidential: Brian Corradi

27 Jul 2016
News
Brian Corradi began his tenure in the sport as a crewmember on former high school classmate Dean Skuza’s Funny Car, where he learned under veteran tuner Lance Larsen. He worked his way up the ranks until he was granted the lead-tuner role…
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Mile-High Moments

27 Jul 2016
Kevin McKenna, National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
Queen of 'the Mountain': Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson has rightfully earned his place as the king of Denver’s Bandimere Speedway, but Super Stock racer Jackie Alley isn’t far behind. Alley, the 2011 national champion…
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Night at the Museum: Stone, Woods & Cook Willys

26 Jul 2016
News
The Stone, Woods & Cook Willys Gasser of the 1960s, one of the most popular machines in drag racing history, is the subject of this week’s Night at the NHRA Museum. The team – consisting of Fred Stone, Leonard and Tim Woods, and…
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Sonoma Raceway plans special events during race weekend

26 Jul 2016
News
Sonoma Raceway will host a series of special events in conjunction with the annual Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals this week at the California raceplant, including the annual Eric Medlen Nitro Night Charity Dinner and a Starting Line Party.  …
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